Alliance to promote Music to Grow in Paraguay

August 08, 2016

A group of Venezuelan teachers from the "System" will
travel to Asuncion to support the organizations coordinated by the
Fundación Orquesta which has decided to join and strengthen the
work that is already in progress

With the purpose of developing the "Music to Grow" Program, an
initiative of CAF, Development Bank of Latin America, and
confirming our willingness to support, strengthen, and consolidate
a System of Orchestras in Paraguay, a strategic alliance agreement
was signed between CAF and the Fundación Orquesta de Paraguay
(Orchestra Foundation of Paraguay).

A group of Venezuelan teachers from the "System" will travel to
Asuncion toward the end of 2016, to support the organizations
coordinated by the Fundación Orquesta which has decided to join and
strengthen the work that is already in progress.

This is a result of the diagnostic visit carried out by CAF's
Direction of Social Sustainability, jointly with renowned maestros
of Fundamusical ("The System" of Venezuela) in June, with the
purpose of learning about the different musical education projects
in place in Paraguay.

We were able to observe how musical leaders take this tool to
very low income neighborhoods, where first class instruments are
not a concern because they make them, of better quality, with
materials recycled from the neighboring garbage dump. We also saw
women who take in all the children from a town to offer them food,
entertainment, and life tools to keep them away from the streets.
In addition, we saw how youths get training in more advanced
musical institutions to offer their knowledge to vulnerable schools
that work mainly for social inclusion but also place a high value
on musical excellence.

For CAF it is important that these projects are socially
inclusive, that they are willing to collaborate and work on line to
reach a larger number of children and youths seeking high levels of
musical excellence.